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(http://www.nytimes.com)
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over 3 years ago
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ProDigits can replace any or all fingers on a hand; each replacement digit has a tiny motor and gear box mounted at the base. Movement is controlled by a computer chip in the prosthesis. The individual, motorized fingers are a new and promising de...
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(http://www.engadget.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Details are about as light as can be on this one, but it looks like Japan's Ito Electronics has developed some sort of special "packaging technology" that can make OLED displays fully waterproof, which could be particularly used for watc...
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(http://dsc.discovery.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Sanjiv Singh, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has been developing robots for use in large-scale agriculture. Singh says there are many opportunities for robots in farms and orchards, from weeding to harvesting, that could make agricultu...
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(http://www.memebox.com)
- posted by: Garry Golden
over 4 years ago
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Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a new class of ‘honeycomb’ gas separation materials to purify hydrogen rich mixtures like methane (natural gas) for generating electricity via fuel cells.
Traditional met...
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(http://www.youtube.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Robotic suit enhances physical abilities.
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(http://www.wired.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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"You probably won't see it used for open-heart surgeries," Berkelman says. "But for simpler procedures—like removing shrapnel—it could be very cost-effective."
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(http://www.nanowerk.com)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
over 4 years ago
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an international team of scientists have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain.
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(http://forums.trossenrobotics.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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For almost 9 months ago I started with a hexapod project called Phoenix. Each leg has 3 DOF. Almost all parts are custom made. The coxa design was inspired by micromagicsystems hexapod v4b.
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: VenessaMiemis
over 4 years ago
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Two US groups have announced transistors almost 1000 times smaller than those in use today, and a version of flash memory that could store all the books in the US Library of Congress in a square 4 inches (10 cm) across.
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(http://www.physorg.com)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
over 4 years ago
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Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are designing a new kind of optical sensor to fly in unmanned air vehicles, or surveillance drones, tracking suspects on foot or traveling in vehicles identified as a threat.
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(http://www.crunchgear.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have put together a new technique for coarse determination of thought processes and preferences.
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